HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Hydrocephalus Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Hydrocephalus Association →3 incidents on file

Hydrocephalus Association notified members of a data breach involving its vendor, Blackbaud Inc. An unauthorized third party exfiltrated data between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Affected data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and limited health information (hydrocephalus type, comorbidities). Financial data was not involved. Blackbaud paid a ransom and claims data was destroyed. HA is investigating and evaluating its vendor relationship.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Notified Sep 4, 202050d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Hydrocephalus Association
norm: hydrocephalus association
Domain: hydroassoc.org

Name: Hydrocephalus Association
norm: hydrocephalus association
Domain: hydroassoc.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Immediately began working to investigate the incident
Identify and notify individuals affected
Review our work with Blackbaud to ensure it meets that commitment
Evaluating our relationship with Blackbaud more generally
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 50d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2020
50d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Notified: Sep 4, 2020	50d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193773
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: c35d0e691382760a74c93b517e7c1ab75aff7b308611736ab4750e4344435fe0

Reporting entityHydrocephalus Association

Victim entityHydrocephalus Association

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseImmediately began working to investigate the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov